A world indifferent to genocide: Op-ed by Ronald S. Lauder and Timothy Cardinal Dolan

A world indifferent to genocide: Op-ed by Ronald S. Lauder and Timothy Cardinal Dolan 

A world indifferent to genocide: Op-ed by Ronald S. Lauder and Timothy Cardinal Dolan – New York Post„Let’s end the silence, and tell the world in the strongest possible terms that this outrage against humanity must end — and it must end now.”

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